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Citizen Journalism: Independent Media Center, Rodney King, Bart Police Shooting of Oscar Grant, Digital Journalism, Wiki Journalism

Citizen Journalism: Independent Media Center, Rodney King, Bart Police Shooting of Oscar Grant, Digital Journalism, Wiki Journalism


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Independent Media Center, Rodney King, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Digital journalism, Wiki journalism, AC Transit Bus fight, Wikinews, Examiner.com, Poduniversal, Demotix, OhmyNews, Guerrilla News Network, The Real News, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jonathan Dube, DigitalJournal.com, Undercurrents, Broowaha, Jillian York, Dan Gillmor, Yuen-Ying Chan, Generaci n invisible, MaYoMo, Democratic journalism, OhmyNews International, Radical Software, Mobile news, Ethan Zuckerman, Orato, TrekMovie.com, Magic City Morning Star, Local-News TV, Hiperbarrio, Maine Video Activists Network, Internationalist Review, Public Insight Journalism, American News Project, Personal broadcasting. Excerpt: Oscar Grant was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Oscar Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station. Officer Johannes Mehserle and another officer were restraining Grant, who was prostrate and allegedly resisting arrest. Officer Mehserle stood, drew his gun and shot Grant once in the back. Grant was unarmed. During his court testimony, Mehserle said that Grant then exclaimed, "You shot me!" Grant was pronounced dead the next morning at Highland Hospital in Oakland. The events were captured on multiple digital video and cell phone cameras. The footage was disseminated to media outlets and to various websites, where it was watched hundreds of thousands of times. The following days saw both peaceful and violent protests. The shooting has been variously labeled an involuntary manslaughter and a summary execution. On January 13, Alameda County prosecutors charged Meh...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781157029960
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157029965
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Independent Media Center, Rodney King, Bart Police Shooting of Oscar Grant, Digital Journalism, Wiki Journalism
  • Width: 189 mm


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